Two players, one answer.
Jake Ferguson vs Michael Mayer
Any format · Week 8 start/sit · PPR
Stats through week 7 of 2026
This week
Start Jake Ferguson · 9.7 to 7.5 projected (Week 8, PPR)
Rest of season
Jake Ferguson by 13% (redraft PPR)Dynasty
Michael Mayer by 6% (Dynasty Superflex)
Week 8 · PPR · 61% held up in 2025
Lean Jake Ferguson
On Sleeper's projections, Jake Ferguson is projected 2.2 points ahead of Michael Mayer. In the 2025 season, a player projected that far ahead outscored the other 61% of the time. A lean, not a lock.
TE · DAL
Jake Ferguson
9.7 projected
vs ARI · Sun 1:00 PM ET
6.4 a game this season · last 3: 4.9, 3.3, 0
TE · LV
Michael Mayer
7.5 projected
@ NYJ · Sun 1:00 PM ET
9.5 a game this season · last 3: 1.2, 16.5, 6.2
What the call rests on
- Jake Ferguson: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 2:40 PM ET
- Michael Mayer: Sleeper's projection, last changed Tue, Oct 27, 2:40 PM ET
- Sleeper's projections read Tue, Oct 27, 2:47 PM ET.
- Injury statuses: Sleeper's player list, read Tue, Oct 27, 9:01 AM ET (once a day). Game-day inactives, about 90 minutes before kickoff, come after it.
| Same projections, scored | Ferguson | Mayer |
|---|---|---|
| PPR | 9.7 | 7.5 |
| Half PPR | 8 | 5.8 |
| Standard | 6.2 | 4.1 |
What could change it before kickoff
- A projection update of 2.2 points or more in the other direction flips the call; Sleeper keeps adjusting its projections until kickoff, and this page reads them again at most an hour after it last did.
Open in Who should I start (your league, more players)
This week’s projections are Sleeper’s, scored with PPR settings. The percentage is how often a projected gap like this held up across the 2025 season; checked against 2026 games (not used to fit it), the stated chances so far run a few points high, so read a 60% call as nearer 55%.